Jack C. Smith
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 27, 1884
Deathday: January 14, 1944
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The Mummy's Ghost
1944-07-07
The Mummy's Ghost
Overview: An Egyptian high priest travels to America to reclaim the bodies of ancient Egyptian princess Ananka and her living guardian mummy Kharis. Learning that Ananka's spirit has been reincarnated into another body, he kidnaps a young woman of Egyptian descent with a mysterious resemblance to the princess. However, the high priest's greedy desires cause him to lose control of the mummy...
Genres: Horror Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-07-07
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The Phantom Creeps
1939-01-07
The Phantom Creeps
Overview: A mad scientist attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-01-07
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Paroled - To Die
1938-01-11
Paroled - To Die
Overview: Meline is taking money from his own bank to drill an oil well. When he finds Doug Redfern's bandana, he has his gang rob his bank and uses the bandana to frame Doug. When Doug is convicted but immediately paroled, Meline has another plan that he thinks will put him away permanently.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-01-11
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Frontier Scout
1938-09-16
Frontier Scout
Overview: Gen. Ulysses S. Grant has a job for Wild Bill Hickok (George Houston) and his sidekick (Al St. John).
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1938-09-16
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Hittin' the Trail
1937-04-03
Hittin' the Trail
Overview: When he swaps horses with the Tombstone Kid — a wrongly accused man on the run from the law — singing cowboy Tex Randall gets arrested by the local sheriff in a case of mistaken identity.
Genres: Music Western Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-04-03
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Calling Dr. Death
1943-12-17
Calling Dr. Death
Overview: Losing his memories of the last few days, neurologist Dr. Steele is told that his wife has been brutally murdered. Steele, aware of his conniving wife's infidelity, believes he may have been the killer and enlists the aid of his pretty nurse Stella to hypnotize him into recovering his lost memories.
Genres: Mystery Crime Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-12-17
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Bullet Code
1940-04-12
Bullet Code
Overview: Protecting himself in an attack by rustlers, Rancher Steve Holden believes he has killed one of the attackers, young Bud Mathews, who in reality has warned Holden of the rustlers' approach. Unaware that Mathews was actually killed by rustler boss Cass Barton, Holden heads out to Mathews' home town where he plans to tell the boy's family of his death but instead uncovers a plan by a local businessman to force Mathews' father out of his ranch.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-04-12
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A Lawman Is Born
1937-06-21
A Lawman Is Born
Overview: An outlaw falsely accused of murder realizes the only way to clear himself is to become a lawman.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-06-21
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Heroes of the Alamo
1937-08-07
Heroes of the Alamo
Overview: In early spring of 1833, the smoldering resentment of American settlers in Texas against their oppression by Mexico dictator General Santa Anna/Ana coming to a head. When a decree is issued that no more Americans may enter Texas, William H. Wharton, fiery head of a faction determined on independence or nothing, warns Stephen F. Austin that the time for half-measures is past. Austin, responsible for bringing the Americans to Texas as colonists, reminds Wharton that a settler's revolt against Mexico would dishonor his name and the arrangements he had with the Mexican government. He gets the "Whartonites" to agree to a general convention of all colonists. Almerian Dickinson, biggest land owner in the settlement of Gonzales, deeply in love with his wife Anne, warns Wharton that a bloody revolt would endanger every wife and mother in the colony. He proposes they send Austin to Mexico City to ask Santa Anna to grant Texans a voice in their own government.
Genres: History Western War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-08-07
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Where the Buffalo Roam
1938-10-12
Where the Buffalo Roam
Overview: Tex returns to Santa Fe to find his Mother murdered. Foster runs the town and all crimes committed by his gang are blamed on Rogel and his men. He makes Tex Marshal but this backfires when Tex enlists Rogel and his men and goes after Foster who he now knows is responsible for his Mother's death.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-12
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The Feud Maker
1938-04-16
The Feud Maker
Overview: When Tex is brought in to fight in a range war between the cowmen and the nesters, he meets his old outlaw boss Lassiter. He learns Lassiter is behind the feud when Lassiter asks him to join up with his gang. Tex refuses and instead sets out to stop the feud but no one will believe him that Lassiter is responsible.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-04-16
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The Fighting Deputy
1937-12-05
The Fighting Deputy
Overview: The Sheriff and his deputies are after Scar Adams. Scar is the brother of Alice Denton, the girl Deputy Tom plans to marry, and when the Sheriff is wounded she makes Tom refuse the job of Sheriff. But when Scar kills his father, Tom puts on the badge and takes out after him.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-12-05
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Rio Grande Ranger
1936-12-11
Rio Grande Ranger
Overview: Sayres and his outlaw gang operate out of a town just across the border and out of the jurisdiction of the Texas Rangers. Ranger Bob Allen is sent across the border where he poses as an outlaw hoping to lure the gang back into Texas. He gets into Sayres' gang displacing the gang boss but the disgruntled ex-boss is able to expose the hoax and Bob is made a prisoner.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-11
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Frontier Town
1938-03-04
Frontier Town
Overview: Regan is passing off counterfeit money at rodeos betting on his man Denby. When Tex appears and wins all the events, Regan has him accused of murder. As Tex looks for the counterfeiters, his pals Stubby and Pee Wee keep the Sheriff off his trail.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-03-04
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Buried Alive
1939-11-06
Buried Alive
Overview: A prison trustee rescues a despondent executioner from a bar-room brawl, and is blamed for the fight by a tabloid reporter who actually started it, and loses parole, becomes embittered, and gets blamed for murder of guard.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-06
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Code of the Fearless
1939-01-05
Code of the Fearless
Overview: When it appears that Fred Jamison is a member of Red's gang, he is kicked out of the Rangers. But it's just a plot between Fred and the Ranger Captain. Fred then gets into Red's gang and makes plans that will enable the Rangers to bring them all in. But his message to the Captain is intercepted and the hoax revealed.
Genres: Music Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-01-05
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Gypsy Wildcat
1944-08-02
Gypsy Wildcat
Overview: In an unspecified Renaissance kingdom, no sooner has Anube's gypsy tribe encamped near Baron Tovar's village when Count Orso is found murdered. The wicked baron blames the gypsies and imprisons them all in his castle. Meanwhile, a mysterious stranger on a white horse has hidden the murder arrow and won the heart of gypsy belle Carla, to the discomfiture of her erstwhile fiancée Tonio. Baron Tovar is also fascinated by Carla...especially when he notices her heraldic pendant.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-08-02
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Doomed at Sundown
1937-07-06
Doomed at Sundown
Overview: Young Dave Austin hunts down the varmint who murdered his father in this B Western. Austin tracks killer Jim Hatfield to his hideout, a Mexican cantina where Hatfield and his ruthless gang terrorize the locals. After being deputized, the courageous Austin allows himself to be captured by the gang and devises an ingenious plan to turn the bad guys against one another.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-07-06
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The Oregon Trail
1939-07-04
The Oregon Trail
Overview: Jeff Scott is sent to investigate problems with wagon trains attempting to make the journey to Oregon. Sam Morgan has sent his henchmen, under lead-henchman Bull Bragg, to stop the wagon trains in order to maintain control of the fur trade in the area.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-07-04
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Six-Gun Rhythm
1939-02-17
Six-Gun Rhythm
Overview: Western - When football player Tex fletcher arives home he finds his father missing. Jim Davis has killed the father and learning of Tex's identity - Tex Fletcher, Joan Barclay, Ralph Peters
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-02-17
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Outlaws' Paradise
1939-04-18
Outlaws' Paradise
Overview: Bill Carson assumes the identity of gang leader Trigger Mallory in order to fool his gang and his girlfriend.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-04-18
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Tower of London
1939-11-17
Tower of London
Overview: In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother King Edward IV of England. As each murder is accomplished he takes particular delight in removing small figurines, each resembling one of the successors, from a throne-room dollhouse, until he alone remains. After the death of Edward he becomes Richard III, King of England, and need only defeat the exiled Henry Tudor to retain power.
Genres: Drama History Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-17
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Frontier Marshal
1939-07-28
Frontier Marshal
Overview: Wyatt Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone in this very romanticized version of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-07-28
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Each Dawn I Die
1939-08-19
Each Dawn I Die
Overview: A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-08-19
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Christmas Holiday
1944-07-31
Christmas Holiday
Overview: Don't be fooled by the title. Christmas Holiday is a far, far cry from It's a Wonderful Life. Told in flashback, the story begins as Abigail Martin marries Southern aristocrat Robert Monette. Unfortunately, Robert has inherited his family's streak of violence and instability, and soon drags Abigail into a life of misery.
Genres: Drama Romance Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-07-31
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Headin' for the Rio Grande
1936-01-01
Headin' for the Rio Grande
Overview: Western - Singing cowboy Tex Saunders (Tex Ritter) finds himself in a heap of trouble when he agrees to investigate local gangsters at the behest of a lovely lady (Eleanor Stewart). As payment for his pains, he's framed by a saloon owner (Warner Richmond) for killing bad guy Red Dugan (James Mason) and forced to sweat it out in jail. Will his faithful sidekick, Chilo (Syd Saylor), show up to save his skin … or will Tex have a date with the gallows? - Tex Ritter, Warner Richmond, Eleanor Stewart
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-01-01
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Gang Bullets
1938-11-10
Gang Bullets
Overview: A Capone-like racketeer named Anderson, who after being chased out of one town by the authorities immediately sets up shop in another. Unable to get any tangible evidence against Anderson, DA Wayne orders his assistant Carter to dig up some dirt on the gangster boss. To do this, Carter pretends to turned crooked, joining Anderson's gang in order to accumulate evidence. Alas, Carter's girl friend Patricia knows nothing of her boyfriend's subterfuge, and she suspects the worst.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-11-10
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Reg'lar Fellers
1941-09-05
Reg'lar Fellers
Overview: Based on the comic strip by Gene Byrnes, the "Reg'lar Fellers", and one girl-feller, tinker with building a land/water machine, form a kid-band and go on the radio, celebrate a birthday, get involved with gangsters...and reunite a wealthy recluse with her baby granddaughter and estranged daughter-in-law.
Genres: Crime Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-09-05
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Paradise Express
1937-02-24
Paradise Express
Overview: A small railroad is being squeezed out of business by the tactics of a trucking company owned by gangsters.
Genres: Crime Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-02-24
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Take Me Back to Oklahoma
1940-11-11
Take Me Back to Oklahoma
Overview: Storm is out to wreck Ace's stage line. When Tex arrives to help Ace, Storm brings in hired killer Mule Bates. But Tex and Bates know each other and the two devise a plan to fool Storm.
Genres: Western Music
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1940-11-11
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Cheyenne Rides Again
1937-02-01
Cheyenne Rides Again
Overview: A lawman poses as an outlaw, steals $10,000 from a cattle thief, then promises to return the money if he can join the gang--while finding a way to expose them.
Genres: Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-02-01
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Deadwood Dick
1940-07-19
Deadwood Dick
Overview: Columbia's 11th serial and the first western serial that James W. Horne solo-directed.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-07-19
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The House of the Seven Gables
1940-04-12
The House of the Seven Gables
Overview: In 1828, the bankrupt Pyncheon family fight over Seven Gables, the ancestral mansion. To obtain the house, Jaffrey Pyncheon obtains his brother Clifford's false conviction for murder. Hepzibah, Clifford's sweet fiancée, patiently waits twenty years for his release, whereupon Clifford and his former cellmate, abolitionist Matthew, have a certain scheme in mind.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-04-12
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Between Us Girls
1942-09-04
Between Us Girls
Overview: A 20-year-old stage actress takes on her most challenging role when she pretends to be her own mother's 12-year-old daughter.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-09-04
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Ridin' the Cherokee Trail
1941-02-25
Ridin' the Cherokee Trail
Overview: Singing cowboy Tex Ritter and his sidekick, Slim Andrews, star in this musical Western about a couple of Texas Rangers who defend the citizens of a small territory from power-hungry outlaws. Villain Bradley Craven (Forrest Taylor) is determined to stop the election process that would allow the region to join the Union. Tex and Slim join a rancher and his daughter to stop Craven, with fearless Tex going undercover to ensure that justice is served.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-02-25
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Keep 'Em Slugging
1943-03-01
Keep 'Em Slugging
Overview: A gang of tough street kids decide to go straight and get jobs in order to free draft-age men for the war effort. However, because of their past tangles with the law, they can't find anybody who'll hire them. Finally one of them gets a job at the department store where his sister works, but runs afoul of a store executive who is in league with a ring of hijackers.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Crime Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-03-01
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Tough as They Come
1942-06-05
Tough as They Come
Overview: The 'Dead End Kids & Little Tough Guys' are working as collectors for a finance company, when they discover the company's illegal activities and try to stop them.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-06-05
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Riot Squad
1941-12-12
Riot Squad
Overview: Crime drama starring Richard Cromwell as a young medic who becomes the private physician to an underworld gang.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-12-12
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Stick to Your Guns
1941-09-17
Stick to Your Guns
Overview: Buck Peters arranges for Hoppy, California, Johnny and other cowboys to go to the aid of friends whose cattle are being rustled. Hoppy and California locate the rustlers' hideout and join the gang by posing as outlaws themselves, but must find a way to let the rest of the posse know where they are.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-09-17
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Nevada City
1941-06-19
Nevada City
Overview: The conflict between a railroader and a stage line owner is being aggravated by bad guys who are sabotaging both sides. Roy and Gabby mediate the conflict and expose the bad guys.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-06-19
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Honky Tonk
1941-10-01
Honky Tonk
Overview: Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right.
Genres: Western Drama Comedy Romance Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-10-01
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The Mummy's Ghost
1944-07-07
The Mummy's Ghost
Overview: An Egyptian high priest travels to America to reclaim the bodies of ancient Egyptian princess Ananka and her living guardian mummy Kharis. Learning that Ananka's spirit has been reincarnated into another body, he kidnaps a young woman of Egyptian descent with a mysterious resemblance to the princess. However, the high priest's greedy desires cause him to lose control of the mummy...
Genres: Horror Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-07-07
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Corvette K-225
1943-09-29
Corvette K-225
Overview: The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-09-29
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Top Man
1943-09-17
Top Man
Overview: In this WW II musical, a young man suddenly finds himself in charge of his family when his father is called to war. To help the flagging spirits of local factory workers, the plucky lad, his siblings and his schoolmates put on a lively little show. With a little work, he even convinces Count Basie to come with his band.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-09-17
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Johnny O'Clock
1947-01-07
Johnny O'Clock
Overview: When an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the situation and falls for Johnny O'Clock, a suave partner in the underground casino. Selfish and non-committal by nature, Johnny slowly begins to return Nancy's affection and decides to run away with her, but conflict within his business threatens their plans. As Johnny tries to distance himself from the casino, his shady past comes back to haunt him.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-01-07
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The Phantom Creeps
1949-06-06
The Phantom Creeps
Overview: An edited version of the 4½ hour serial about a mad scientist who attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions.
Genres: Action Science Fiction TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-06-06
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Stagecoach Buckaroo
1942-02-13
Stagecoach Buckaroo
Overview: Saved from a lynching party by a pair of young women, an itinerant cowpuncher signs on as a stagecoach guard to protect a shipment of gold.
Genres: Action Music Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-02-13
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